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know, you speak specifically of the Kanaka Maoli and I think that’s grand. Let us look at what’s happening in Honolulu today with regards to the Palace, you know; that’s a serious issue that they are dealing with. And hopefully with a cultural committee such as this and with a statement you make with regards to the support for – let’s see – “public and private entities that further the betterment of Kanaka Maoli ….” It’s so important because this then establishes a position with the County and a position in the community, a literature in the community to sit down together and address those concerns before things erupt and become elevated to a serious level, and that eventually you have to go to litigation and decide who is right and who is wrong. This will prevent that. And I’m glad that you are addressing this whole issue. And again, congratulations to the people of Kona for such a wonderful Plan. RHO: Other comments -, actually, other questions from Commissioners? Commissioner Bowman. BOWMAN: I have a question. I do commend you all. I won’t say anymore, but thank you for all your hard work. Your proposed amendments to the Subdivision Code, and I noticed – and I’m sorry I haven’t scrutinized this as deeply as I should have – you mentioned that it’s only for North and South Kona. I guess my concern as a Commissioner for the whole Island would be the difficulty of maybe doing this. So I ask you if you think that these changes would be pertinent to the other areas. Why just North and South Kona? Thank you. E. MATSUKAWA: Basically, I think one of the changes to the Subdivision Code is to put in standards for connectivity to connect subdivisions, so there will be more connectivity among the subdivisions or providing for future connectivity. And you know, it’s specifically done for Kona because this is an issue that was identified in this North and South Kona region, as new subdivisions that were coming up were not connected. So maybe for us this is how far we took, and maybe it should be looked at countywide; but then I can’t speak to that. BOWMAN: Thank you. RHO: Anybody else have any questions? If not, I have a couple of questions. One is in the slide, I think it mentions college and university. And one of the written comments that we received, one of the comments was that the Plan should address the college and university as four-year. And I didn’t get a chance since I read that to actually look into the Plan to see whether or not you folks are aiming towards or whether the Plan aims towards a four-year college. E. MATSUKAWA: We didn’t get into that kind of detail. We saw that opportunity of having a college or university as a potential center for a regional TOD; and in fact, we identified it as a University TOD. And so it becomes a center of a regional activity and so it becomes a nucleus for a TOD; and that’s the way we view it. So we didn’t get into whether it was a four-year college or not. It’s not something we went into that detail. RHO: Would the Steering Committee have objections to that being included specifically? EXHIBIT B 12